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jimlikeslimes
768 days ago
Nowt is used in the north of England to mean nothing.
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spondylosaurus
768 days ago
Google is telling me that it's a specifically a pronoun, which is interesting. Opposite of "it/that" = "nowt"?
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Urahandystar
768 days ago
Thats very wrong. Owt=Anything Nowt= Nothing. "Do you want owt from the shop?". "Nowt mate ta". Is usually how you would hear it.
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spondylosaurus
768 days ago
Ooooh, that makes sense. I didn't know about "owt" either!
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